Beaver County Coroner Teri Tatalovich-Rossi said Pheran Hoschar, of Beaver Falls, was wading in a portion of the river that suddenly drops to a depth of 14 feet when she went under at about 12:30 p.m. Saturday.

Divers searched for Hoschar, who started in shallow water near 48th Street but couldn’t stay afloat when the group entered some deeper water, officials said.

"The male friend attempted numerous times to get her back up above water, and she was fighting so hard that, finally, he got free from her and she went under the water,” Fire Chief Mark Stowe said.

The woman’s brother said she was not a good swimmer. Her body was found close to where she had gone under the water.

"Our divers, upon entering the water, found her in about 15 minutes in 18 foot of water," said Stowe, who described it as "a secluded area" of the river.

"This area is an area where Wallace Run actually enters the Beaver River, and at that point, it's real shallow out about 20 feet, and then all of a sudden it drops off pretty steep," the chief said. "It's a pretty steep slope from the point of being shallow to where she was at, and I believe that's probably what happened: They hit that deep water, she couldn't swim, and at that point she went under."

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